Stella explained why Norris interrupted the attempt.

      McLaren team principal Andrea Stella, in an interview with Sky Sports F1, summed up qualifying and explained why Lando Norris did not finish his last fast lap…

      Andrea Stella: "After yesterday's sprint qualifying and the sprint we saw an opportunity to make the car better – it lacked stability under braking, and I'm grateful to our drivers and engineers for helping to make it better. Today in qualifying that helped Oscar and Lando go faster.

      As has been the case all season, the fight between them was close, with tenths and hundredths of a second deciding everything – Oscar managed to improve on his second attempt, while Lando interrupted his by running off the track.

      Oscar deserved that pole. I hope we achieve a good result in the race tomorrow. Lando didn't run off the track, but he was close to it at turn two, so he had to lift and brake. The time loss was too great; he wouldn't have been able to make it up, so he didn't finish the lap and came into the pits."